I'm also a perl newbie, but couldn't you use a hash? Something like: %fullMonth = ( jan => January, feb => February, mar => March, etc...); print "Month: $fullMonth{$month}";
-eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to write a subroutine that returns the full month name, for example January, or February when I call the subroutine and pass a scalar, for example $m that could have a value in one of the following format 1. three letter format, for example jan or feb, or 2. one or digit format for example "01" or "1" for january Example: sub returnFullmonth{ } from the main program: $month ="Feb"; #or $month = "02" or "2"; $fullMonth = &returnFullmonth($month); print "Month: $fullMonth"; expected out put: Month: February can some help me and tell me how to write the subroutine? Many thanks in advance. bbrecht
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